Start with Art

Masks and
Face Painting
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Contents
What are masks and face painting?........ 4
Where can | see masks and face painting? .. 6
What do people use to make masks’?...... 8
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What are masks and
face painting?

Masks are objects that hide or

protect a person's face.

Craftspeople all around the world

make masks.
People can also disguise their faces
with paints.

Masks and face painting are some of

the oldest types of art.
Where can I see masks :
and face painting?

Celebrations and festivals are good places

to see masks and face painting.

This person has a painted face to celebrate

a carnival.
Museums collect masks from different
times and places for everyone to see.

Visit a museum to get ideas for

making your own masks.
What do people use to
make masks?

Some masks are made from hard

materials, such as wood and metal.

This gold mask is 500 years old. It was

made fo last a long time.
People sometimes make masks out of
papier mache.

These children have made masks to

celebrate Chinese New Year.
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 How do people make mask

African masks are often carved out

of wood.

People paint or carve shapes and

patterns on to the wood.
10
This girl is making a mask using
papier mache.

When the paper dries it will be

hard and strong.
11
 Why do people wear masks
and paint their faces?

some masks are made to be worn on

special occasions such as ceremonies.

People wear the masks to bring

good luck.
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People often disguise their faces to

tell stories.

This actor is performing in a play

in India.
13
 A mask can show the face of
a person.

It might be someone who lived long

ago, or a person from a story.
14
Animal masks can have special
meanings.

This mask is shaped like a zebra's head.

 In some places, people paint their
faces with traditional patterns.

This boy in Australia is taking part ina

special ceremony.
16
Face painting can change you into
somebody or something else.

This girl is pretending to be a tiger.

17
 How do masks and face |
paints make us feel?

Masks and face paints change the

way a person Iooks.

This red ogre mask makes the actor

look scary.
18
Celebration masks are bright
and colourful.

This carnival mask makes us

feel happy.
19
 Start to make masks!

The mask on page 4 was made by people

called Aztecs. Try making your own mosaic
mask.

1. Use a thick black pen to draw a mouth,

teeth, and eyes on a white paper plate.

2. Cut the top off the plate to make a

head shape.

20
3. Cut out lots of little squares from blue
paper. Use different shades of blue.

4. Use glue to stick the paper squares To

the mask.

21
 5. Ask a grown-up fo cut holes for your eyes
and fix elastic to your mask.

6. Now you can wear your Aztec mask!

22
carved made using a cutting tool to shape a
hard material, such as wood

craftspeople people who make arts and crafts

disguise change how something looks

materials things you can use to make art

mosaic design made by sticking many small

coloured squares together

papier maché way to make models by sticking

pieces of paper over a shape in layers

traditional something that has been done in a

special way for a very long time
Find out more

Books
Art to Make You Scared, Elizabeth Newbury
(Frances Lincoln, 2007)
Super Simple Masks: Fun and Easy-to-Make Crafts for Kids,
Karen Latchana Kenney (Abdo Publishing Company, 2009)
Websites
Make a mask based on famous art at this website:
kids.tate.org.uk/create/make-a-mask.shtm
Visit this website to explore masks of the world:
www.imagine.org.uk/adventure/masks/flash.php?file=maskPrelo
ader&bypass=true

Index

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Aztecs 20,22 face painting 5,6, MW

carving 10,23 Toast 7718 museums 7

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ceremonies 12, 16
15, 18, 19, 20, 21,
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craftspeople 4, 23

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The Start with Art series introduces young readers
to different forms of art and media. Each book
examines what the art form is, what it can be made
of, what it can show, differences in size, technique,
and style, historical and modern examples, and
examples from different cultures. This book looks
at masks and face painting.

Read and Learn is an extensive collection of

non-fiction books that helps young readers discover
and understand the world around them. Headings in
the form of questions help children to focus and ask
their own questions. Each book contains a glossary
and an index, offering young readers an introduction
to these important features of non-fiction text.

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